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Agustín Guerrero

Agustín Guerrero, composer, pianist and arranger born in Lomas de Zamora on June 14, 1988.

Founder and director of the Cerda Negra Typical Orchestra (2004-2008) and the Agustín Guerrero Typical Orchestra known as OTAG (2008-2015), which achieved a nomination for the 2013 Lunas del Auditorio Awards for the presentations made in Mexico within the framework of the 40th International Cervantino Festival and another for the 2016 Gardel Awards for the XXI record material.

In 2014, with Juan Martín Scalerandi, he formed the Duo Guerrero / Scalerandi (piano and guitar); in 2016 he created the Agustín Guerrero Quintet that he directs from the piano and synthesizers.

In 2018 he premiered his quintet "Epopeya Argentina", an unpublished work by Astor Piazzolla in homage to Peronism. Along with J. M. Scalerandi and Leonel Capitano, he toured in 2019, performing in more than 10 European cities, forming the Contemporary Tango Ensemble that same year in Paris. This same year he premiered the interdisciplinary conceptual work "Stupidity" with his quintet.

Discos editados: Quiebre (2007), Resurgimiento (2011), XXI (2015), Orillas Gardelianas (2018), Nueva Música Argentina (2018) y Estupidez (2021).

Leonel Capitano

Leonel Capitano, singer, bandoneon player, and composer from Rosario, with more than twenty years of experience and several albums released, has developed a long and prolific artistic path, being a representative of today's culture.

He carries on his shoulders about forty tours between Europe and different Latin American countries, in which he spreads as a soloist or accompanied by the prestigious pianist Joel Tortul, his extensive authorial work.

In his record work "3D" (double disc and live), we can listen to twenty of his best compositions. In 2021 he edited together with "Escolaso guitarra tango trio" his record work "Barricades" winning the 2022 "Rosario edita" award for best tango album in the city.

In 2022, he premiered his film "Son tango: entre el sueño y la vigil" in Rosario, presented on his recent four-month tour of more than twenty European cities, and during November, he presented his album "Barrio Viejo", along with the trio of Juan Martín Scalerandi.

The Guerrero-Capitano Tango Duo made up of Leonel Capitano (voice and bandoneon) and Agustín Guerrero (piano) is one of the most complete manifestations of a new and genuine language of Argentine music.

This artistic meeting has several years of gestation since in 2017 they have developed, together with the guitarist Juan Martín Scalerandi, recording material and a series of concerts in different places in Argentina, with the Creole repertoire of the work of Carlos Gardel.

In 2019, a tour of Mexico and Cuba, where he filmed "Son Tango: entre el sueño y la vigilia"; and for more than 10 European cities. The communion of these two artists is undoubtedly an excellent synthesis of the most genuine proposals of the new Argentine music, performing a concert made up of a repertoire made up entirely of works of their authorship, among which we can find tangos with lyrics and music by Capitano., in which the most current topics are addressed; instrumental works by Guerrero with tango and folkloric characteristics, but with the language of these times; and a series of compositions with music by Guerrero and lyrics by Capitano.

In addition, these two artists are great connoisseurs of the traditional tango work, having in their repertoire the most outstanding titles of the genre, both instrumentally and sung by Capitano. They are currently working on a record by the Orquesta Típica Agustín Guerrero (OTAG) with a whole new repertoire sung by Leonel Capitano that includes mostly his works and those of current colleagues.